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OK, but English is a language of usage too. On 30/05/13 10:49 AM, Don MacNeill wrote: > These words have different meanings to some. I take "shelled" as having > had the shells removed (peas, oysters, etc) and "unshelled" as still > having the shells on. I see from the dictionary that "shelled" can have > my meaning but it can also mean "having or enclosed in a shell" which is > quite the opposite. > > Perhaps we should avoid using these words. > > Don > > Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net > On 30/05/2013 9:45 AM, Peter Payzant wrote: >> We use the same product from the same source. The birds, especially >> the woodpeckers, love them. >> >> Our feeder is a perforated metal cylinder and while the starlings do >> get on it from time to time, it seems to be an effort for them to hold >> on and they don't spend nearly as much time there as the woodpeckers do. >> >> It's a riot seeing a Hairy Woodpecker taking his/her time eating the >> peanuts, while a Downy flies back and forth impatiently waiting for >> the Hairy to leave. And this extends downward to nuthatches, waiting >> for the Downy to finish. >> >> Peter Payzant >> >> >> On 2013-05-30 9:27 AM, Don MacNeill wrote: >>> Sorry. That should have read "shelled" >>> >>> Don >>> >>> Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net >>> On 30/05/2013 9:13 AM, Don MacNeill wrote: >>>> I use unshelled, whole, unsalted peanuts that I get from the Bulk >>>> Barn (the cheapest kind there). My peanut feeder is always busy >>>> with woodpeckers, chickadees and starlings. >>>> >>>> Don >> > >
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